PINK SLIME CAESAR SHIFT

Last summer Art + Technology Lab grant recipient Jen Liu teamed up with graduate students from the Media Design Practices MFA program (MDP) at ArtCenter College of Design to plan and fabricate sculptural components of her project Pink Slime Caesar Shift. Liu's project incorporates genetic engineering and labor activism into a narrative around the production of synthetic meat and the plight of female factory workers in South China. The wearable sculpture she recently worked on involves the transference of genetic messages and biolistics—the delivery of DNA-coated particles. We talked with Jen shortly after she returned from Shanghai where she and her team were working with fabricators.

This is the second installment of our Q&A with Art + Technology Lab grant recipient Jen Liu. Next Monday, January 27, at 4 pm, Liu will be presenting her work at ArtCenter.